Why “engineer” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The premise is interesting but a little unintuitive. As I understand it, an L-seam is defined by having to attach a square by two edges at a time (i.e. two of its sides already…
by Liftyee · Sep 20, 2026
Anthropic published an article about changes over time in how long it took engineers to approve AI code. Basically the longer an engineer uses AI the faster they start approving…
by ericmcer · Sep 20, 2026
We were hiring for senior devs java/spring boot so I coded a tiny "Todo app" rest API, basically a single crud controller, and filled the code with many mistakes. Some obvi…
by mnembrini · Sep 19, 2026
The senior engineer death spiral
by napolux · Sep 19, 2026 · 10 points
Leetcode doesn’t tell you anything apart from someone memorised set of questions and their solution. For your question, I assume you want people who can solve problems, can expl…
by Oras · Sep 19, 2026
Well it's been barely a year, but basically all commercial software, and most open-source software, is engineered with AI assistance. It's not all slop, you just aren't looking…
by preg_match · Sep 19, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "engineer" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "engineer" over time.
An engineer is a practitioner of engineering. The word engineer is derived from the Latin words ingeniare and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications of a licensed professional engineer typically include a four-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or in some jurisdictions, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus four to six years of peer-reviewed professional practice and passage of engineering board examinations. Read more on Wikipedia